Rug-finishing machine.



F. SGHEIL.

RUG FINISHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 22, 190e.

1 ,040,024. Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

COLUMNA FLANOGRAPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

FRIEDRICH SCHEIL, 0F JERSEY CITY,l NEW J ERSEY.,

RUG-FINISHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

Application led. October 22, 1908. Serial No. 459,016.

To all whom 'Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH SCHEIL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Greenville, Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Rug-Finishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present inven ion relates to ruginishing machines, and more particularly to a machine of this general character, which is adapted to operate as well uponnewly woven as upon old rugs, plain or figured.

Oriental rugs of Turki. h or Persian origin are, when leaving the loom, of bright but mostly of raw and harsh colors, which in most of the cases do not meet the artistic requirement of the present day conception of decorative color treatment. Of course, these raw and harsh colors become under the influence of time softer and enriched, and the rug will then have subdued tones and a silky sheen, which is a characteristic of the old oriental rug. Obviously years and years elapse until these changes in the colors of the rug are brought about.

To bring about the desired chromatic changes more expeditiously, and on thev other hand, to soften the raw and harsh colors of the new rug, he same is subjected to a well known process, whereby rugs `are treated with chemicals, effecting the desired changes, and then washed in order to remove the chemicals to prevent injury to the pile of the rug.

I-Ieretofore the rugs had been finished by hand in a number of separate apparatus, requiring a considerable time and skilled mechanics.

It is now the object of the present invention to provide a rug finishing machine, which is of simple and inexpensive nature and which unites the different steps of the treatment in one continuous` process.

Another object` of the invention is to provide a machine of the character specifiedq whereby the progress of the treatment of the rugs in the trough, containing the chemicals, may be observed without stopping the operation of the apparatus.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character above mentioned, which removes the chemicals used in the treat-ment in an efficient manner, whereby injury to the rug is prevented.

Other objects will be apparent from a reading of the specification and an inspect-ion of the drawings, forming part of the present application for Letters Patent.

The invention is illustrated in the accom; panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is .a diagrammatic sectional yiew of the apparatus constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus, and Fig 3 illustrates a detail of construction.

The different steps of the process of fmishing the rugs may be specified as,V follows:

First.: The rugs are treated withchemicals in order to, soften the raw and harsh colors; chiefly soap powder, soda-ash,caustic soda, muriatic acid and sulfuric acid are used for the various preparations with which the rugs are treated. Under this treatment the bright, harsh colors are softened into delicate tones, whereby the whole rug assumes a richness, suggestive of classic maturity,

Second:` After this treatment the rugs are thoroughly washed so as to remove the chemicals adhering to the fabric.

Third: The rug is drawn through a weak solution of bleaching liquids, such as chlorid of lime, whereby the colors are still more softened and, on the other hand, foreign matter not soluble in water is removed fromV the fabric.

Fourth: The fabric is again washed and rinsed and fifth, the surplus water is squeezed out of the same after which the rug is dried. Y

The apparatus for carrying out this process consists, therefore, of two or more troughs or vats, containing chemicals, washing and rinsing means, and of a plurality of wringer roller sets.

In the drawings, 4 indicates a tank or vat, containing a solution of one or more of the chemicals above referred to and used for treating the rug, and provided with a plurality of guide rollers, such as 5, 5, arranged horizontally, and journaled in the sides of the tank. Rollers 6 and 7 are journaled in a' supporting frame above the tank, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. An endless apron 8 travels over these rollers. Following the course or may be connected to the street main.. The of the apron in the direction of the apron 17 carries the rug to a pair of wringer arrow, it will be seen that a rug fastened rollers 29 and 30, arranged in the frame of to this apron in any suitable manner, such as, the apparatus in a similar manner as the 5 for instance, by means .of clothes pins, will wringer rollers 10 and'll, hereinbefore de- 70 pass down near to the bottom of the tank, scribed. From the wringer rollers 29 and and thence travel in lines parallel to the bot- 30 the rug passes to an endless apron 31, tom of the tank until it reaches the roller traveling over guide rollers 32, 33, 34, 35, 7, after which it travels toward the roller 36 and 37, whereby the rug is carried lo 6. Reaching this roller, the rug passes through a tank 31, containing a we ak so- 75 again down to the bottom of the tank and lution of chlorid of lime. The sprinklers back to its starting point to follow again the 38, arranged between the rollers 32 and 33 course described. The rollers 6 and 7 are on both sides of the apron 31, thoroughly arranged above the tank and thus above the wet the rug, in order that the saine be more level of the liquid, in order to allow the readily saturated with the chlorid of lime. 80 operator to examine ,the rug, as the same From the apron 31 the rug passes to the travels from the roller 7 to the roller 6, apron 39, guided by the rollers 40 and 41,

. without stopping the operation of the and travels thus within the reach of the machine. wringer rollers 42 and 43. In traveling Should the operator consider the treatupon the apron 39 the rug is again thor- 85 ment not to be sufficient when the rug travels oughly rinsed by the sprinkler pipes 44, and over the roller 7 for the lirst time, the same then, passing between the rollers 42 and 43, is allowed to pass down again from the the surplus bleaching liquid and water is roller 6 to the bottom of the tank and take squeezed out, after which the rug is deits whole course again. Should, however, livered to the endless apron 45, carried by 90 the treatment be suficient after the first the guide rollers 46 and 47. The sprinkler cycle, then the fastening means, suoli as pipes 48 wash and rinse the rug as it is conclothes pins, are disengaged from the endveyed by the apron 45 to the last pair of less apron, whereby the rug will pass to the wringer rollers 49 and 50. Having passed platform 9, arranged on the side of the tank, between these rollers, the rug is carried to 95 which directs the course of the rug toward a suitable place for drying or to another thewringer rollers 10 and 11, whereby the machine for further operation.

chemicals are squeezed out of the rug. The aprons 17, 31, 39 and 45 are of the The wringer rollers are journaled in the same construction and their guide rollers sideframe 12 of the apparatus, and more are all journaled in the side frame of the 100 particularly, the lower roller 11 is journaled apparatus. Rotation is imparted to the in said frame, while the upper roller 10 is wringer rollers and the guide rollers of the journaled in movable boxes 13, for which aprons from any suitable source of power guide-recesses 14 are provided in said frame. by a sprocket chain 51, engaging a sprocket 40y Springs 15 are arranged to bear at their wheel mounted upon the wringer roller l1. 105 ends against tliefjournal -boxes 13 and the The wringer roller 11 imparts rotation to tension lscrews 16, which are provided to the wringer roller 30 by means of a sprocket adjust the pressure of the rollers upon the chain 52, engaging sprocket wheels on said rug. rollers. The wringer roller 3() is in a simi- The wringer rollers 1() and 11, having lar manner connected by chain 53 to wringer 110 squeezed out the chemicals, feed the rug to roller 43, which in turn imparts rotation by an endless apron V17, traveling over guide means of the chain 54 to the wringer roller rollers 18, 19 and 20. This endless apron is, 50. The roller 11 furthermore is connected as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, comby means of the chain 55 with one of the posed of slats 21, connected at their ends to rollers 5 of the apron 8 while roller 30 is 115 the links 22 of a sprocket chain 24. The connected by chains 56 and 57 with the rollers 18, 19 and 20 are provided with rollers 20 and 32 of the aprons 17 and 31, sprocket wheels 25,26 and 27, respectively, at respectively. In a similar manner roller 43 their ends to receive the sprocket chains 24. imparts rotation through the chains 58 and 5:5 As the rug travels upon this-apron toward 59 to the rollers 41 and 46 of the aprons 39 120 the roller 19, the same is rinsed by means of and 45, respectively. sprinkler pipes 28, which are arranged above The operation of the device is obvious and under the apron, whereby both sides of from the foregoing description. the rug will be thoroughly rinsed with water. Special care must be taken, that after the 60 These pipes 28 extend through the whole treatment with the chemicals the rug should 125 width of the apparatus and are perforated be thoroughly washed and rinsed, and, throughout their length with series of therefore, as many sprinkler pipes as possmall holes, through which the liquid essible should be located above and below the capes in a series of fine jets. Obviously the aprons, since otherwise the fabric will be pipes may lead from any suitable reservoir injured by the chemicals left in the rug. 130

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said tank in the plane of said platform, whereby the rug fastened to said endless 15 apron may be'viewed as it travels outside of said tank substantially throughout the width of the latter toward said platform.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th 20 day of September, A. D. 1908.

FRIEDRICH sonnin Witnesses SIGMUND HERZOG,

M. FRIEDLANDER.

by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. C. 

